Juan Moreno Yagüe

Juan Ignacio Moreno de Acevedo Yagüe (born 1973), better known as Juan Moreno Yagüe, is a Spanish lawyer, activist and politician. He is a specialist in banking, mortgages, and criminal and economic law.[1]

Juan Moreno Yagüe
Member of the Parliament of Andalusia
In office
2015–2018
ConstituencySeville
Personal details
Born (1973-05-29) 29 May 1973
Salamanca, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationLawyer, politician

Biography

Born on 29 May 1973 in Salamanca to a family with a tradition in law, his mother a teacher and his father a judge,[2] he is married with two children. He was raised in Villafranca de los Barros, Plasencia and Montijo before moving at age nine to Seville.[2][3][4] After earning a Licentiate degree in Law, he unsuccessfully tried to pass the competitive public examinations in order to become a judge; he desisted and founded a law firm instead.[3]

He took part in the 15-M Movement through ¡Democracia Real YA!.[5] He also participated in the anti-eviction movement.[6] Keen of the online alias hackabogado, Moreno Yagüe, promoter of initiatives such as Democracia 4.0, and #Opeuribor. He has been (2012-2014) one of the lawyers hired by 15MpaRato movement, the citizen platform that uncovered the Bankia Case that brought Rodrigo Rato to trial.[7]. He has taken part in the X Party since its inception,[8] he ran 6th in the party list for the 2014 European Parliament election in Spain.[9] The party failed to obtain representation. Moreno Yagüe ran 2nd in the Podemos list for Seville vis-à-vis the 2015 Andalusian regional election,[10] and, elected, became a member of the 10th term of the Parliament of Andalusia, where he served as 3rd Vice-President of the governing board of the legislature.[2]

In February 2017, he contested the Podemos leadership voting to determine the party's Secretary-General in the 2nd Citizen Assembly ("Vistalegre II"), presenting himself as the single alternative to the leadership of Pablo Iglesias. Running in a platform vouching for direct democracy, energy transition and free knowledge,[4] he commanded the support of 15,700 members (10.9%) vs the 128,700 votes (89%) commanded by Iglesias.[1] His policy manifesto was focussed on electronic voting and eliminating the bank payment system, replacing banks with a mobile application where each person manages his or her own money without having to rely on a bank to manage it.

In August and October 2017, he published two legal analyses on the unconstitutionality of the Spanish State Government's intervention of the Autonomy of Catalonia,[6] in particular of the agreements relating to the application of Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution.[11]

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References
  1. García de Blas, Elsa (13 February 2017). "Iglesias logra todo el control para imponer el Podemos más radical". El País.
  2. "Moreno de Acevedo Yagüe, Juan Ignacio". Parliament of Andalusia.
  3. Aroca, José Luis (10 February 2017). "Juan Moreno, el extremeño que se presenta contra Pablo Iglesias por obligación". eldiario.es.
  4. Marroco, A. (10 February 2017). "Diez cosas que no sabías sobre Juan Moreno Yagüe, el diputado andaluz que planta cara a Pablo Iglesias". ABC.
  5. Martínez, Guillem (10 February 2017). "Podemos tiene un trastorno de ombliguismo agudo y pasajero". CTXT.
  6. Manetto, Francisco (24 March 2015). "Los 15 diputados de Podemos en Andalucía: profesores y activistas". El País.
  7. Malvar, Ánibal (7 February 2017). "Juan Ignacio Moreno (15MpaRato): "Rato debería estar en prisión preventiva"". Cuarto Poder.
  8. Malvar, Ánibal (7 January 2017). "El Partido X sale del anonimato 'preparado para presentarse a las europeas de 2014 y a las municipales de 2015'". Cuarto Poder.
  9. Junta Electoral Central: "Acuerdo de 28 de abril de 2014, de la Junta Electoral Central, de proclamación de candidaturas a las elecciones de Diputados al Parlamento Europeo, convocadas por Real Decreto 213/2014, de 31 de marzo, a celebrar el 25 de mayo de 2014" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (104): 33437. 29 April 2014. ISSN 0212-033X.
  10. Junta Electoral de Andalucía: "Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Parlamento de Andalucía, convocadas por Decreto de la Presidenta 1/2015, de 26 de enero" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía (37): 51. 24 February 2015.
  11. https://ctxt.es/es/20171025/Firmas/15837/155-generalitat-constitucion-pp-rajoy-ctxt-moreno-yague.htm
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